Excerpt from The Beauty of the Bible: A Study of Its Poets and Poetry Who was my assistant in St. Matthew's, Glasgow, and is now professor of the Old Testament in Montreal; in which will be found on nearly every point the most advanced view and a history of Opinion up to date. Though far from sharing his critical views, I am proud of the minuteness and comprehensiveness of my friend's scholarship, and I recognise his love for the Word of God, though he handles the record of revelation with a freedom which I could not allow ...
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Excerpt from The Beauty of the Bible: A Study of Its Poets and Poetry Who was my assistant in St. Matthew's, Glasgow, and is now professor of the Old Testament in Montreal; in which will be found on nearly every point the most advanced view and a history of Opinion up to date. Though far from sharing his critical views, I am proud of the minuteness and comprehensiveness of my friend's scholarship, and I recognise his love for the Word of God, though he handles the record of revelation with a freedom which I could not allow myself. To scholars the indispensable work is that of Ewald, mentioned in the Bibliography; for this man of genius so swept the Old Testament portion of the subject that all who follow appear to be but gleaners in his field. The present may seem an unpropitious time for publishing a book like this. But from all accounts it can be gathered that poetry is not only produced but read in the trenches and on the battleships. One of my students, John Forbes, whose memoir has recently appeared under the title of Student and sniper-sergeant, carried the Book of Job in Hebrew with him to France and, since the War commenced, the Psalms have anew been manifesting their power of yielding fresh meaning in circumstances of trial. How many a father has received the tidings of a son's death with the very words of King David, O my son, my son, would God I had died for thee! The Song of Deborah must thrill with a new imten. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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